Aukopf
| Aukopf | ||
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| height | 645.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Benfe ; District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Rothaar Mountains | |
| Dominance | 1.56 km → Jägerhain | |
| Notch height | 35.8 m ↓ junction of Eisenstraße with the Landesstraße from Benfe (to the foreheads of Obersten Henn ) | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '28 " N , 8 ° 14' 0" E | |
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The Aukopf near Benfe in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein is 645.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Rothaar Mountains .
geography
location
The Aukopf is located in the southern part of the Rothaar Mountains in the Sauerland-Rothaar Mountains Nature Park . The summit of the mountain belonging to the district of Nenkersdorf , a district of Netphen , is about 800 meters (m) south of Waldheim ( belonging to Benfe ), 1.6 kilometers (km) northwest of Großenbach (to Bad Laasphe ) and about 3, 3 km (as the crow flies ) northeast of the village church of Walpersdorf (to Netphen). Südöstlicher neighbor of Aukopfs is beyond the Siegquelle preferred hunter grove ( 651.8 m ) and the northwest beyond the Benfe located Supreme Henn ( 676.5 m ), to the South face ( " Ederkopf ") the Eder source is located.
Natural allocation
The Aukopf belongs to the natural area main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33), in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) and in the subunit Dill-Lahn-Eder source area (333.0) to the natural area Ederkopf-Lahnkopf-Ridge (333.01).
Mountain height and altitude information
The Aukopf is 644.9 m high. About 55 meters north of the summit is on topographic maps a trigonometric point at 643.5 m recorded height and 60 m south-southwest such to 644.4 m height.
Rhine-Weser watershed and flowing waters
The Rhine-Weser watershed runs over the Aukopf . The Ahbach (Abach) , which flows east-northeast and flows into the Lahn in Volkholz, rises on its eastern slope . In the transition area to the nearby Jägerhain ( 650.7 m ), northwest of the Jägerhain, lies the Siegquelle, the Sieg, which runs south from the Aukopf . Lahn and Sieg drain into the Rhine. The Ahornbach flows south-south-west and flows into the Sieg well above Walpersdorf on the south-west slope of the Aukopf . To the northwest, past the mountain, the Eder tributary Benfe runs through Benfe, which mainly flows northwards . The Eder drains through the Fulda into the Weser .
Protected areas
Parts of the landscape protection area (LSG) community of Netphen ( CDDA no. 321048; designated 1987; 117.6 km² in size) lie on the Aukopf and those of the LSG Bad Laasphe extend to its eastern flank (CDDA no. 319747; 1988; 123, 11 km²). On the southern flank, parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Rothaarkamm and Wiesentäler (FFH no. 5015-301; 34.46 km²) extend up to the peaks .
Traffic and walking
Via the south-western and southern slope of Aukopfs leads from Luetzel (to Hilchenbach after) past the mountain and the Siegquelle Lahnhof (to Nenkersdorf ) extending Lahn source country road 722. It runs in the mountainous region as part of the Eisenstraße the Rothaargebirge , a former Commercial and long-distance traffic route that leaves the L 722 west of the Aukopf (near the Ahornbach spring), then runs as an approximately 900 m long forest path and meets the L 722 again south-east of the mountain (near the Siequelle). To the southeast of the Aukopf, this road crosses the L 719 (Walpersdorf – Volkholz). On the southwest flank, the L 719 branches off to the west past the mountain and there the L 722 crosses the L 720, which leads to Benfe, located north-northeast of the Aukopf. The Rothaarsteig runs northeast past the Aukopf .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
- ↑ Heinz Fischer: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 124 Siegen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. → Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )